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[Thornton Wilder, Edmund Wilson, and Aaron Copland, all standing, half-length – Antique Wall Art

[Thornton Wilder, Edmund Wilson, and Aaron Copland, all standing, half-length, [196-?] — historic photograph
[Thornton Wilder, Edmund Wilson, and Aaron Copland, all standing, half-length, [196-?]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Thornton Wilder, Edmund Wilson, and Aaron Copland, all standing, half-length. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Thornton Wilder, Edmund Wilson, and Aaron Copland, all standing, half-length

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Three figures from different corners of American culture stand together in this half-length group portrait: novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder, critic Edmund Wilson, and composer Aaron Copland. Wilder wrote *Our Town* and *The Skin of Our Teeth*, Wilson was among the most influential literary critics of his generation, and Copland composed works such as *Appalachian Spring* and *Rodeo*. The photograph is dated only to the 1960s, when all three were well-established names, so it offers a useful glimpse of the mid-century circles in which writers, critics, and composers often crossed paths.

Created / published[196-?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1960-1970.Group portraits 1960-1970.Photographic prints 1960-1970.
NotesUnprocessed in PR 13 CN 1980:070.
SubjectsWilder, Thornton,--1897-1975. Wilson, Edmund,--1895-1972. Copland, Aaron,--1900-1990.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,295 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180516

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